libnotify
brew install libnotify
v0.8.8
LGPL-2.1-or-later
Shared library for sending desktop notifications to a notification daemon via D-Bus.
Why you might care
Build dependency for applications that need to display desktop notifications (toasts, alerts). Provides a standardized D-Bus interface used by GNOME and other Linux desktops; many CLI tools that need user notifications link against it rather than re-implementing the protocol.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libnotify
- Brew formula source: Formula/lib/libnotify.rb
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